Ash receiver



Nov. 23, 1948.` c. HENDRlcKs 2,454,450

y ASH RECEIVER l Filed July 27, 1944 sheets-sheet 1 Il IIIHI I B5 MM Mug Nov. 23,*1948.' 1c. HENDRlcKs y 2,454,450 y ASH RECEIVER Filed July 27, 1944l E 2 snags-sheet 2 1mi/,Mor GorneliusHendricks AHornaql Patented Nov. 23, 1948 ASH RECEIVER Cornelius Hendricks, Grand Rapids, Mich., as-

signer to Applied Arts Corporation, Grand Rapids,

Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application July 27, 1944, Serial No. 546,780

3 Claims. l

This invention relates to ash receivers for use primarily on the dashes of motor vehicles, though of course not restricted in use to the one place mentioned. The primary object and purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and novel construction of ash receiver which when applied to a dash of an automobile presents no protuberances atthe front thereof, which is normally closed but which may be readily opened for the entrance of ashes or other refuse and which will remain open until closed by very simple pressure upon the closure, and which has an ash holding well readily detachable and removable for disposal of ashes and the like carried therein and which may be quickly replaced, the closure to an opening through the dash leading thereto remaining open while such removal and replacement occurs.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description lof a preferred embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. l is a front elevation of the ash receiver applied tothe dash of a car.

Fig. 2 is a generally Vertical section substantially on the plane of the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 4, looking in a forward direction.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section substantially on the plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sections substantially on the planes of lines 4 4 and 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different iigures of the drawings.

The dash I of` an automobile of sheet metal for the installation of the ash receiver of my invention has an opening cut therethrough, the lower portion of which, indicated at 2, is of a generally rectangular shape having a vertical extension 3 at its upper side midway between the vertical sides of the main opening. The metal around this opening is turned inwardly to provide a continuous flange 4 around the opening 2 and the upper extension 3.

The ash receiver includes a housing which is to be mounted back of the opening. Said housing is of sheet metal and includes a back portion 5 and a bottom portion 6 which may be made of a single `piece of metal or, preferably, of two parts connected together as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The housing is completed by vertical sides 8 engaged by downturned flanges I on the part 6.

This housing is located back of the opening in the dash panel I and is provided with upwardly and downwardly extending ears 9 for the attachment by means of bolts, as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5, to

2 the dash. The bottom 6 of the housing has an opening, at each side of which llexible spring retaining tongues I0 extend downward substantially parallel to each other as shown in Fig. 2.

Through the opening the ash receiving member II also constructed of sheet. metal is inserted. The receptacle I I has sides, ends and bottom and an open upper end. The opposite ends pOIiOnS have outwardly pressed beads I3 with which the spring catch members III are adapted to engage to releasably hold the receptacle in place. Said receptacle extends downwardly and inwardly generally located at an acute angle to the vertical plane of the dash I, and upon withdrawal from the opening in the bottom of the housing 6 through which it is passed, it may be moved outwardly through the opening 2 in the dash. Said receptacle II at its upper edge portion is formed with an outwardly turned head I 2 to surround the bottom 6 of the housing and bear against the edge portions thereof, and in the upper part thereof a snuffer I4 preferably of sheet metal is secured as shown.

The opening 2 is adapted to be closed by a swinging closure I5 of a plastic or other suitable material, said closure at its upper side having a projecting portion I6 to extend into the upper opening extension 3 and being thickened as shown. Pivots Il mount said closure upon the opposite sides 8 of the housing described. `At each upper corner of the closure arms I8 extend inwardly and upwardly at an angle connected with each of which is one end of a coiled spring I9, the other end having connection with the adiaF cent side 8 of the housing. Said closure I5 at its vertical edges and at its inner side is provided with laterally extending flanges 20 to engage with the flange I at the sides the opening 2 as shown.

With the springs I9 connected with the closure I5 it is held in either of the positions to which it is moved, one shown in Fig. 4, the other in Fig. 5. In Fig. 4 the closure I5 is in closed position, the force of the springs I9 tending to move said closure against the rear side of the dash. On pushing inwardly at the lower portion of the member I5 it is moved to the position shown in Fig. 5 in which the force of the springs is exerted in an opposite direction to turn the closure counter-clockwise and hold it open. To return to the original lposition shown in Fig. 4, it is merely necessary to press inwardly upon the extension I6 until the lines of force of the springs cross the axis of the pivots I'I, whereupon the springs hold said closure in `closed position against accidental displacement. When in open position, as

3 in Fig. 5, the immediate ashes holding receptacle Il may be moved upwardly and outwardly as indicated in the dash lines, the contents of such receptacle I I disposed of and the receptacle returned after which the closure may be returned to its cl-osed position as in Fig. 4.

The construction described is of a practical, economical form, and is readily and easily manufactured and installed at its desired place of use. While in practice in conjunction with motor vehicles the attachment of the housing described will be at the back of and directly to the vertical dash l, it is of course to be understood that it may be attached to any vertical plate supplied with the proper openings 2, 3 and such plate serve as the support for the ash receiver construction. The outer surface of the closure l5 is substantially flush with the outer surface of the dash l and there are no projections or protuberances on the dash by reason of the ash receiver installed thereon.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of .all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim: 1. A sheet metal substantially vertical support having an opening therethrough, a housing open 'at its front side located at the inner side of the support and connected therewith, said housing having a bottom located below the lower side of the opening in the support and said bottom having an opening therethrough, a closure for said lopening in the support pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis and carried by the sides of the housing, said axis being located immediately lback of and adjacent the upper portion of the opening in the support, spring means interposed between said closure and said housing to hold the closure in a position filling said opening in the support or, when the closure is moved inwardly at its lower portion, to hold it in a downwardly and inwardly inclined position in said housing, and an ashes receiving receptacle open at its upper end insertable through said opening in the bottom of the housing and removable therefrom through the opening in the support 'when the closure is in the last mentioned position.

2. A construction as defined in claim 1, said ashes receiving receptacle being provided with outturned flange means at its upper end to bear against the upper sid-e yof the bottom of said housing around the opening therein, said ashes receiving receptacle extending downwardly and inwardly at a generally acute angle to the plane of the support.

3. In a construction of the class described, a substantially Vertical sheet metal support having an opening therethrough, a housing of sheet metal having vertical sides, a back extending downwardly and inwardly and a bottom extending from the back downwardly and forwardly,

releasable means connecting said support and 00 Number housing to said support at its rear side and around the opening therethrough, said housing in the bottom having an opening, an immediate ashes receiving receptacle open at its upper end and having sides and ends and a closed bottom removably inserted through said opening in the bottom and extending downwardly and rearwardly generally at an angle to the plane of said support, a closure pivotally mounted between its ends upon and extending between the sides of said support, said closure being adapted to substantially fill said opening in the support and spring means connected with the sides yoi said housing and with said closure above the pivotal axis thereof for holding the closure in operative closed position in said opening in the support and for holding said closure at an open position wherein said closure extends downwardly and inwardly from its pivotal mounting on said housing and at its lower edge lies adjacent the lower portion of the back of said housing with the immediate ashes receiving receptacle freely accessible for rem-oval outwardly through the opening in said support and for replacement, said closure comprising a plate which in closed position has an outer side substantially flush with the outer side of the support, and at its inner side at each upper corner has an outwardly and inwardly extending arm, the central portion of the upper part of said closure above the pivots being rearwardly increased in thickness, and the opening in the support being of a generally rectangular form with a vertical extension thereto at its upper side between the vertical sides of said closure and narrower in width than the main portion of said closure, in which vertical extension the upper portion of said closure above the pivotal mounting thereof is located, and said spring means comprising coiled springs one connected to each of said arms at one end and at their other ends connected to adjacent sides of the housing.

CORNELIUS HENDRICKS.

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